(Aug. 17, 2019) ADHD in adults can be life-threatening when left untreated, experts says Before self-diagnosing or consulting your doctor, consider these other common causes of ADHD symptoms.Just as fever is a medical symptom, problems with attention, focus and concentration — alone or in combination with irritability and restlessness — are symptoms common to a wide variety of disorders.
Self-reporting of ADHD symptoms on questionnaires has up to 78 per cent false positive rate for ADHD diagnosis. Symptoms alone are not enough to diagnose this disorder.Even recall of childhood behaviours is not an accurate way to make this diagnosis.